Don Shelton Promoted to Petty Officer Second Class
Don T. Shelton is promoted to Petty Officer Second Class Metalsmith in the U S Navy. He notified his parents Mr and Mrs Jack Shelton of the promotion in San Diego California. Shelton is a Mount Airy High School graduate class of 1951. He joined the Navy February 11 1952 trained at San Diego and is stationed aboard the USS Talladega after nine months in Far Eastern waters and a recent return from Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don T. Shelton
Jack Shelton
United States Navy
San Diego
Calif
Don
Mount Airy High School
Navy
Talladega
Far Eastern
Pearl Harbor
Mount Airy Farm Equipment Dealer Ad
Visit your New Holland and Farmall dealer Jones Supply Company on Virginia Street in Mount Airy for equipment and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry Sales Company
Mount Airy, N. C. Tfe
New _ Holland
Jones Supply Co
Mount Airy Tfe
Ideal Monument Works
Renfro Street
YMCA
Quarry Road
Highway 108
Mount Airy
N. C
New Holland and Farmall
Jones Supply Company
Virginia Street
Fulton Insurance Agency Offers Auto Liability Discount
Wanted farmers to take advantage of a large reduction in automobile liability insurance now offered by Fulton Insurance Agency in Mount Airy. Call or stop in for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Insurance Agency
Mount Airy
Tfe
Brownie Troop Meetings Close Season With Awards and Plans
Brownie troops met at the YMCA and local homes for year end programs. Seventeen girls received first year Membership Pendants and a prize for newspaper stories. Leaders note new fall chiefs and thank volunteers while praising Camp Rockwood plans and summer cookouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Surry
J. N. Still
Sam Baer
Jane Leach
Run Off Still Possible for Surry County Races
Two Surry County Democratic candidates, Judge H H Llewellyn for Recorder's Court and Neill M Thompson for sheriff, have not indicated plans for a run-off on June 26. Both men, who led by slim margins, say supporters urge a second primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
H. H. Llewellyn
Recorder's Court
Neill M. Thompson
Llewellyn
High Man
Mr. Thompson
Notre Dame to Hold 109th Commencement Exercises
More than 1,000 Notre Dame students will receive degrees at the 109th commencement in the stadium on Sunday June 6. MIT President James R. Killian Jr. will give the commencement address at afternoon exercises. Bishop Allen J. Babcock will deliver the outdoor baccalaureate sermon. Arthur Landon Dowdy of this city is among the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
James R. Killian, Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Allen J. Babcock
Michigan
Arthur Landon Dowdy
North Carolina Farmers Vote on Nickels For Know How
North Carolina farmers will vote in the fall on the second Nickels For Know How referendum. The North Carolina State Fair operates under the North Carolina Board of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
N. C
North Carolina Board of Agriculture
Mrs Floyd Long Succumbs After Illness
Mrs. Floyd Long of Route 1 Winston-Salem dies Monday in a Winston-Salem hospital after a two week illness. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs Dena Cline, son Delbert Bow, granddaughter, two sisters Mrs W Kiser and Mrs R Cromer, and brother Dr S F Tillotson. Funeral at King Baptist Mission at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with Rev Harrison B West officiating. Burial in church cemetery.
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Arnie Maxie Tilloton
Floyd Long
Route 1
Winston-Salem Hospital
Dena Cline
ston-Salem
Delbert Bow
Pleasant Garden
W. Kiser
King
R. Cromer
8S. F. Tillotson
Pilot Mountain
King Baptist Mission
Harrison B. West
Church
Neon cross lights church steeple as warning device
Union Church near Greater Pittsburgh Airport has placed a neon light cross on its steeple to warn pilots of low-flying planes. The cross is visible for miles, extending toward the Ohio border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Union Church
Ohio
Thieves Steal Greenhouse in Los Angeles Auction Heist
Frank Kurnik, recovering from illness, visited his nursery site to inspect a greenhouse bought for 500 dollars at auction. Thieves had carted it away in sections, he told police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank Kurnik
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Carolina Business
Royal Typewriters
Burroughs
R. C. Allen
John A Browne
General Electric &-Foot
Holcomb
Seldon Davis
Duncan Phyfe
A. D. Forkner
Grapette
M. E
West Pine Street
Mt. Airy
Gulf Oil Company
Highway 52
Buck Shoals Road
C. L. Smith
M. Ito
C. M. Ball
J. Tfe
A. B. Mitchell
Willow Street
Old Lowgap Road
Ben A. Jarrell
Bannertown
John Coulson
Haymore Street
FE. S. Hendren
Franklin Street
Hamburg Street
Andrew Patterson
Fulton Building
Franklin St
Leonard Building
W. D. Leonard
F. P. Johns
Mitchell St
Warden Sewing Machine Co
South Main St
Cottage Grillite
J. A. Gunnell
Westfield Road
Lorge &Foot
Holcomb Hardware
New Hampshire
Burton's
McCormick- Deering
W. A. Jones
Lewisville
Ren
Jerome Lamet
Cherry St
C. A. Baird
Matt Hines
Vermont Puckett
North Main Street
G. C. Hauser
Anne Pruett
Bath
Cecil Thomas
C. O. King
Orchard St
Studebaker
Dave Griffith
Ite
Hennis Motor Co
Moore Avenue
Moore Ave
Nue
Schafer Street
WPAQ
Bobby Moore
W. Elm Street
Aberdeen
Piedmont
Charlottesville
Virginia
B. A. Rucker, Jr
Eastham
Singer
Singer Sewing Machine Centers
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Lost
Bob Badgett
Penny
Arthur Craughn
É, Lglish, Woniat
F. L. Johnson
White Plains
Mount Airy, N. C
Miami, Fla
Bill Pace, Jr
C. W
Reece
Longap Rd
Jarrell
Main Street
Hoke Smith and Sons
Mount As$ry
Wards Gap Road
Johnny's Shell
Itc
Blue Ridge Fish Lake
Ararat
R. E. Faw & Sons, Inc
Elkin
Rawleigh Products
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Richmond
Don Shelton
Maryann Johnson
Marsteller Corporation
P. O
Roanoke
Mount Airy, Westfield, Pilot Mountain
Stewarts Creek
Dobson
Charles Wheaves
Marguerite
Polly Ann
Harrisburg
Penn
John Leese
Len
Harvey Hartman
George Nieuwenhuis
Jeanette Pell
C. M. Hoover
East Oakdale Street
Fowler
Hoover
Nancy Schwab
Elaine Hoover
Louise Morris
Joe Fowler, Jr
Camp Rockwood
A. P. Phillips
C. M. Clifton
Robert Smith
Janie
Washington
Lester Thomas
Hale Yakley
Melvina Clifton
Patricia Bowman
Mrs
Monda
Draughon Business College
W. Fourth Street
Ata
Surry Sales
Rawley Avenue
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